Tag: Seattle

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some residents, and their pets, have been taking advantage of conditions Parts of the US Pacific Northwest are being inundated with unusually high levels of snow.The region, more used to rain than extreme wintry conditions, has been hit by a series of wintry storm systems.The National Weather Service says…

Right-wing demonstrators gathered Saturday in Seattle for a “Liberty or Death” rally that drew counter-protesters from the left while dozens of police kept the two sides separated. The right-wing groups Washington 3 Percenters and Patriot Prayer were holding the rally outside Seattle City Hall to protest an effort to launch a gun-control initiative that would…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFootage shows stolen plane’s aerial stunts An airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle airport has crashed on a nearby island. Authorities said the man had made “an unauthorised take-off” late on Friday local time, forcing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to close.Two F15 fighter jets…

In a bizarre incident linked to dry ice, one woman died and another is in critical condition in Washington state, authorities said. An ice cream salesman kept four coolers of dry ice in the back of his car, according to ABC affiliate KOMO in Seattle. His wife had borrowed the car to take his mother…

Authorities are searching for at least one person who opened fire on four cars traveling down Highway 509 near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The highway near the airport was shut down for more than five hours while Washington Highway Patrol searched for the shooter Wednesday afternoon. Seattle resident Mary Ertl’s windshield was one of those struck.…

Image copyright Getty Images Scientists at the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife have found that mussels in Seattle’s waters are testing positive for opioids.The finding suggests “a lot of people” are taking oxycodone in the Puget Sound, researchers say.Scientists used mussels as a way to test pollution in Seattle’s waters and discovered high…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Supporters of the tax say property prices have soared in Seattle Amazon and Starbucks have hit out at a decision to impose a new tax on firms based in Seattle to help fight homelessness. Amazon, the US city’s number one employer, said the levy could put future expansion on…